A memo from two Seattle Landmarks and Preservation Board staff members concludes there’s no financially feasible solution for keeping the Denny’s building, reports Knute Berger in Crosscut. “In their memo to the board, Gordon and Chave say they have met with the owner at least four times and are convinced that there is no scenario …
An accident on the Aurora Bridge backed up northbound traffic all the way to Belltown this evening. We snapped this photo on the way home to Ballard…
Seattle Department of Parks and Recreation held a meeting last week to address illegal trails, dumping and even a homeless camp in North Beach Park. Some residents say their neighbors are “knocking down” vegetation, reports the Ballard News-Tribune. Residents were urged to email the offenders’ names to the park service and call police if they …
Ballard loves its T-shirts and bumper stickers, which got us thinking about creating a My Ballard shirt, but with a pithy slogan. For example, “Googie It” with “MyBallard.com” in smaller letters underneath. Any other ideas? If we pick your slogan, we’ll send you a free shirt.
A book about cookbooks, Danish cookbooks, to be exact, is the subject of a talk in Ballard this Wednesday by “Danish Cookbooks” author Carol Gold. Her premise is that you can tell a lot about a people’s culture and history by how they cook, according to a description of the book: “Over time, cookbooks allow us to …
The same company that bought Sunset Bowl here in Ballard has purchased the Mountaineers’ headquarters in Lower Queen Anne. Avalon Bay will soon demolish the building for luxury apartments. For long-time residents, you may remember it used to be the Norway Center. “In a past life it hosted the king of Norway and countless lutefisk-and-meatball …
This Wednesday, the Benaroya Company will make another appearance before Seattle’s Landmarks Preservation Board, this time to make the case that there’s no financially viable solution to rehabilitate the old Denny’s building. Three months ago, the board designated the building as a landmark, but it could reverse the designation if Benaroya is able to prove …
If you’re looking for some good entertainment, Hattie’s Hat is holding its annual pie eating contest at 8 p.m. tonight (Monday). Winners will receive tickets for the Sasquatch Music Festival this Memorial Day weekend at the Gorge. More info here. (If you end up snapping some photos at Hattie’s tonight, let us know and we’ll …
Seattle Metropolitan Magazine has published an issue with profiles of 95 Western Washington neighborhoods. In a list of the “hot hoods,” the magazine ranks Ballard number one, where “cared-for properties sell quickly and growth and new construction flourish.” Rounding out the top hot neighborhoods are Greenlake, Kirkland, Lake Forest Park and Normandy Park.
Firefighters responded to a camper fire on 56th and 17th this afternoon. As you can see from this photo, the smoke certainly got the attention of residents inside the nearby Ballard Place condos. “The whole front of the camper was toast,” says My Ballard reader Nina, who sent us the photos. (Thanks, Nina!)
Ballard’s favorite high-priced gas station, the Spirit on Market and 24th, has now raised its regular unleaded price from $4.06 (last week) to $4.17, according to this photo by MaryWit. You may remember that TV crews flocked to the Spirit earlier this month when it was the first gas station in the Seattle area to …